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Mr. Holloway person

born: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)died/dissolved: [1891-01-01,1892-01-01)🌐 Q42378234id: p_mr-holloway_18ed1b
Probable 70%
Summary:  A man who, with his wife, kept the stage stand at one of the McMillen places and was accused of poisoning Piper's yeast.
Completeness: 92/100 Grade A
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Claims (8)

charged_with

poisoning the yeast
cited from A Poisoning Case (1891) · +1 more
. Piper was still preparing the meal when Mr. Shelly asked him why he put quinine in his bread. Mr. Piper immediately became alarmed and told him to quit eating it as some- one tried to poison him some two weeks ago, and he was suspicio…

intended

prosecution of Mr. Piper
cited from A Poisoning Case (1891)
ces, keeping the stage stand, which they rent from Mr. Piper. It seems that they had been accused by someone of hav- ing poisoned the yeast from which Mr. Piper made his bread. Col. R. S. Allen and Ed Moul- ton took dinner at the Holloway pl…

lived_at

cited from A Poisoning Case (1891)
. Piper was still preparing the meal when Mr. Shelly asked him why he put quinine in his bread. Mr. Piper immediately became alarmed and told him to quit eating it as some- one tried to poison him some two weeks ago, and he was suspicio…
cited from A Poisoning Case (1891)
A Poisoning CaseThe details of a case of attempted poison- ing on the Gila was this week brought to this city by the residents of that section. It seems that Mr. Piper, who has the McMillen place leased, prepared dinner for Peter Shelley and an…
cited from Silver City Enterprise — 1891 (full OCR, Internet Archive) — 1891-02-06 (1891)
the house he was so effected by the poison that he could not talk. He lived only a short distance from the Holloway place, so hurried on home, melted some lard and swallowed it, which saved his life, although for nearly two weeks he was …

occupied

stage stand
cited from A Poisoning Case (1891)
A Poisoning CaseThe details of a case of attempted poison- ing on the Gila was this week brought to this city by the residents of that section. It seems that Mr. Piper, who has the McMillen place leased, prepared dinner for Peter Shelley and an…

owned

stage stand
cited from A Poisoning Case (1891)
. Piper was still preparing the meal when Mr. Shelly asked him why he put quinine in his bread. Mr. Piper immediately became alarmed and told him to quit eating it as some- one tried to poison him some two weeks ago, and he was suspicio…

rented_from

cited from A Poisoning Case (1891)
A Poisoning CaseThe details of a case of attempted poison- ing on the Gila was this week brought to this city by the residents of that section. It seems that Mr. Piper, who has the McMillen place leased, prepared dinner for Peter Shelley and an…

Sources (4)

A Poisoning Case

1891 · newspaper · public-domain

A Poisoning Case

1891 · newspaper · public-domain · details

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